1.Photographer Henry Hargreaves tells BuzzFeed: "Ernest Hemingway was celebrated in life as a great writer, lover, sportsman, adventurer, and rebel-rouser."
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3."What is less well known is that he was also a renowned cat lover."
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5."He was given a six-toed cat, Snowball, by a ship's captain who came to visit him in Key West."
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7."Soon Snowball had a litter of polydactyl-gene-carrying cats, who Hemingway named after famous people of his time."
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9."Just as the Hemingway legend continues to grow after his death, so does the celebrity-named, six-toed, 55-cat colony at his home-turned-museum."
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11."I was intrigued by the story of a softer side to Hemingway and gained permission for a companion shoot."
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13."I decided to use a contrived portrait setting befitting their genetic and celebrity heritage."
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15."Like their famous namesakes, some of the cats lapped up the attention while others fled from the set like they were being chased by paparazzi."
